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Grants List

From 2006-2008, the Education Program managed more than $13 million for quality-enhancement activities. The current grants detailed below often reflect multi-year commitments.

 
Public Policy
 
Action for Children, Chicago, IL
www.daycareaction.org
$500,000
For general operating support
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


Advance Illinois, Chicago, IL

$300,000
For support of Advance Illinois, a public policy advocacy group for the betterment of education in Illinois
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


Civil Society Institute, Newton, MA

$50,000
For continuation and expansion of the Build Initiative
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2009


Erikson Institute, Chicago, IL
www.erikson.edu
$185,000
For support of the Chicago Evaluation Project, a system-level evaluation of half-day and full-day early childhood programs in Chicago
Effective: 6/1/2006 - 12/31/2008


Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Illinois, Chicago, IL
www.fightcrime.org
$85,000
For support of public policy and public awareness regarding the benefits of quality early care and education
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/30/2009


Institute for Educational Leadership, Washington, DC
www.iel.org
$220,000
For strengthening and expanding efforts to advance voluntary high quality pre-kindergarten for children of military families (including families in Ft. Riley, Kansas)
Effective: 6/1/2007 - 6/30/2009


Latino Policy Forum, Chicago, IL

$50,000
For a study on the state of Latino children ages birth to five in Illinois
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 3/31/2009


National-Louis University, Wheeling, IL
www.nl.edu/cecl
$194,000
For an update to "Who's Caring For the Kids" and support of middle-management program leaders from the agency-based early childhood programs in the CURL project
Effective: 5/1/2007 - 12/31/2008


National-Louis University, Wheeling, IL
www.nl.edu/cecl
$500,000
For general operating support
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


Ounce of Prevention Fund, Chicago, IL
www.ounceofprevention.org/
$900,000
For a one-time, capacity-building grant to increase, intensify and expand Ounce of Prevention Fund's leadership, impact and reach to improve the odds for young children living in poverty in Illinois
Effective: 6/1/2007 - 6/30/2010


Ounce of Prevention Fund, Chicago, IL
www.ounceofprevention.org/
$500,000
For general operating support
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


Rutgers University Foundation, New Brunswick, NJ

$300,000
For conducting a study examining the components of an effective preschool education system
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Chicago, IL

$50,000
For general support of public policy work in early care and education
Effective: 3/1/2008 - 2/28/2009


The Board of Directors of Illinois State University, Normal, IL

$218,000
For support of policies and programs that will better connect early education and K-12 leaders in order to help create a seamless educational continuum
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


Voices for Illinois Children, Chicago, IL
www.voices4kids.org
$40,000
For support of the strategic planning process
Effective: 12/1/2007 - 12/1/2008


Voices for Illinois Children, Chicago, IL
www.voices4kids.org
$500,000
For general operating support
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


Total Current Grants: $4,592,000
 
Quality Assurance Strategies
 
Big Shoulders Fund, Chicago, IL
www.bgshldersfund.org
$235,000
For building the capacity of 25 early childhood education programs supported by Big Shoulders Fund
Effective: 6/1/2007 - 6/30/2009


Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, Chicago, IL

$50,000
For support of a new Bilingual Enrichment/School Improvement Program
Effective: 12/1/2008 - 11/30/2009


Centers For New Horizons, Inc., Chicago, IL
www.cnh.org
$300,000
For support of a two-year program that uses the Substitute Teacher Program in resource-poor, early care and education agencies with the goal of increasing staff credentials and helping them meet the requirements of new state programs
Effective: 6/1/2007 - 12/31/2009


City Colleges of Chicago, Chicago, IL
www.ccc.edu
$400,000
For building on and strengthening the MTF-supported Child Development Studies Initiative
Effective: 6/1/2007 - 6/30/2009


Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
www.colum.edu
$600,000
For a professional development initiative that will target mid-level management in ten community-based agencies
Effective: 9/1/2008 - 2/28/2010


Erikson Institute, Chicago, IL
www.erikson.edu
$50,000
For support of math research and planning for two international symposia on early mathematics education in 2009 and 2010
Effective: 1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008


Erikson Institute, Chicago, IL
www.erikson.edu
$408,000
For launching a Math Training Initiative for early childhood classrooms in the Chicago Public Schools
Effective: 6/1/2007 - 6/1/2009


Erikson Institute, Chicago, IL
www.erikson.edu
$480,000
For support of the Illinois Early Childhood Teaching Certification and Teacher Preparation Program
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


Erikson Institute, Chicago, IL
www.erikson.edu
$1,000,000
For support of Erikson's capital campaign, "Fulfilling the Promise: The Campaign for Erikson"
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


Erikson Institute, Chicago, IL
www.erikson.edu
$223,000
For support of two international symposia on early mathematics education
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2009


Erikson Institute, Chicago, IL
www.erikson.edu
$50,000
For dissemination of Erikson Institute's "Early Development and the Brain: Resources for Educators"
Effective: 12/1/2007 - 11/30/2008


Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies, Bloomington, IL
www.inccrra.org
$500,000
For improvement and standardization of professional development for practitioners in the field of early care and education
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


Institute for Educational Leadership, Washington, DC
www.iel.org
$47,000
For support of research for a new book on leadership in the field of early care and education entitled "Leading for the Future of Early Care and Education"
Effective: 3/1/2008 - 2/28/2009


Kohl Children's Museum, Glenview, IL
www.kohlchildrensmuseum.org
$300,000
For support of Early Childhood Connections (ECC), an outreach program for low-income students and their teachers, and to launch a new initiative with a similar focus but targeting preschool children served by home-based or center-based providers
Effective: 6/1/2007 - 6/30/2009


Kohl Education Foundation, The Dolores, Highland Park, IL

$605,000
For continued support of the Kohl McCormick StoryBus
Effective: 1/1/2007 - 12/31/2009


Lifelink Corporation, Bensenville, IL

$300,000
For the start-up of Educare West DuPage, a state-of-the-art early childhood center serving children at risk of academic failure in the DuPage suburbs
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
www.meddean.luc.edu/
$550,000
For continued support of the McCormick Foundation's Initiative for the Professional Development of Childcare Educators
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
www.meddean.luc.edu/
$50,000
For continuation of the professional development initiative for early care and education staff in nine community-based organizations
Effective: 1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008


MDRC, New York, NY

$50,000
For continued support for the Foundations of Learning Project in Chicago
Effective: 10/1/2008 - 9/30/2009


Strategic Learning Initiatives, Chicago, IL

$50,000
For improvement and expansion of the Early Childhood Parent Engagement Program
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2009


Teach For America, Chicago, IL
www.teachforamerica.org
$200,000
For launching an early childhood initiative that would recruit, train, place and support recent college graduates into Chicago's early childhood programs
Effective: 6/1/2007 - 6/30/2009


UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO, Chicago, IL

$695,000
For development of an early care and education module to be added to the University of Illinois at Chicago Principal Preparation Program
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


Women's Business Development Center, Chicago, IL

$50,000
For the Child Care Business Initiative and Annual Business Exposition
Effective: 5/1/2008 - 4/30/2009


Total Current Grants: $7,193,000
 
Public Awareness
 
Community Renewal Society, Chicago, IL
www.chicagoreporter.com
$35,000
For support of a series of early education articles in Catalyst as well as a community forum on early care and education
Effective: 3/1/2008 - 2/28/2009


DuPage Children's Museum, Inc., Naperville, IL
www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org
$50,000
For support to help increase parents' participation in their child's play-based learning at the museum
Effective: 3/1/2008 - 2/28/2009


Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Illinois, Chicago, IL
www.fightcrime.org
$30,000
For support of public awareness regarding the benefits of quality early care and education
Effective: 1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008


Kohl Education Foundation, The Dolores, Highland Park, IL

$150,000
For support of the Kohl-McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Awards
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2009


University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

$495,000
For support of a strategic communications program that will brand, disseminate and leverage research and recommendations of Nobel-prize winner James Heckman and the Consortium on Early Childhood Development
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


Total Current Grants: $760,000